KY boy, 6, dies after being attacked by dog

KENTUCKY --  6-year-old boy who was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville Sunday evening after he was attacked by a dog in south central Kentucky has died.

Officials told Nashville's News 2 the child died around 3 a.m.

Police in Oak Grove, just over the Tennessee state line, said the boy was visiting friends when he was bitten in the face by a small German shepherd.

Animal control workers removed the dog, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Charges weren't immediately released.

(WATE - Jan 30, 2012)

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